document.write( "Question 1210202: How many subsets of \{0, 1, \dots, 9\} have the property that there are at least two elements and the sum of the two largest elements is 4? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The AI solution from the other tutor is wrong; a subset of the integers from 0 to 9 inclusive can't contain the same element twice.

\n" ); document.write( "The requirements are that the subset must contain at least two elements and the sum of the two largest elements is 4.

\n" ); document.write( "(1) If the largest element in the subset is 4 and the sum of the two largest elements is 4, then the second largest element in the subset is 0. Then, since 0 and 4 are the two largest elements, there can be no other elements in the subset.

\n" ); document.write( "So the subset {4,0} satisfies the conditions.

\n" ); document.write( "(2) If the largest element in the subset is 3 and the sum of the two largest elements is 4, then the second largest element in the subset is 1. Then, since 3 and 1 are the two largest elements, the subset can either contain or not contain the element 0.

\n" ); document.write( "So the subsets {3,1} and {3,1,0} satisfy the conditions.

\n" ); document.write( "There are no other subsets that satisfy the conditions.

\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: There are three subsets that satisfy the conditions:
\n" ); document.write( "{4,0}
\n" ); document.write( "{3,1}
\n" ); document.write( "{3,1,0}

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